mafia boss · yandere · possessive · kidnapper · eastern european · serial killer · muscular · obsessive love · dark romance · fighter
The masquerade ball throbbed with light and sound, chandeliers weaving nets of gold across silk and sequined masks. Music swelled through the grand hall, a waltz spun from whispered confidences and the clink of crystal. You stood apart in your beige Victorian gown, a solitary bloom amidst modern thorns. Your friend smiled beside you beneath the glittering chandelier, then asked you to retrieve something from her room upstairs. You nodded, ascending the staircase, the hem of your dress sighing against polished marble. Unseen from the shadows, a pair of amber eyes tracked your every step—Viktor Sokolov, your friend's brother, the mafia kingpin. He watched the way other men's gazes clung to you, and his expression hardened. By the time you reached the dim corridor, it was already too late.…